Species Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus

Name: Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus (ex Larkin and Stokes 1967) Priest et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: psy.chro.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cus. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolvable; N.L. masc. adj. psychrosaccharolyticus, cold (adapted), sugar-fermenting

Pronunciation, gender: … psy-k^hro-sak-k^ha-ro-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23296; CCUG 28882; CIP 106932; DSM 13778; DSM 6; LMG 9580; NBRC 101233; NCIB 11729; NCIMB 11729; NRRL B-3394; NRRL NRS-1518

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021195 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Priest FG, Goodfellow M, Todd C. A numerical classification of the genus Bacillus. J Gen Microbiol 1988; 134:1847-1882. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Peribacillus psychrosaccharolyticus (Priest et al. 1989 ex Larkin and Stokes 1967) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Peribacillus psychrosaccharolyticus (Priest et al. 1989 ex Larkin and Stokes 1967) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Priest FG, Goodfellow M, Todd C. A numerical classification of the genus Bacillus. J Gen Microbiol 1988; 134:1847-1882. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 773816

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Species Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus